The creative writing, observations, experiences, and opinions, on life, and the world around him, by Kiril Kundurazieff; taking one step at a time on the Journey of Discovery, and Enlightenment, that every individual must take from the cradle to the grave.

May 19, 2015

Three days ago I began a series of posts as part of the Wordsmith Studio's 3rd Anniversary celebration Blog Hops...this is part 2.

In this post I want to respond to the writing prompts from the first Blog Hop:

1. Are you a WSSer (a member of Wordsmith)? If so, sound off about how long you’ve been a member, your favorite way to participate, or anything you’ve missed if you’ve been away.

I am a founding member, but I have missed so damn much that I am a bit embarrassed to still have a bio listing on the home site and to still have my blog posts shared in the wonderful Wordsmith Studio Paper.Li newspaper.

There is so much that is new about the community that I don't know where to begin in an attempt to get back into it.

April 10, 2015

There once was a journalist and poet Whose future he was trying not to blow it. One Spring he gained a financial windfall And decided to take steps that were small. Creative lights began to shine brighter For this cat lover, bicyclist, poet and writer, As he contemplated his home city and how to explore it.

For anyone playing catch-up on my latest activities here are 5 important posts:

March 26, 2015

Struggling with what I thought was a very bad cold and cough I finally went to the local county walk-in clinic and learned, instead, that y'all can just call me K-Wheeze, yo!

Seriously.... the doc who checked me out had me do a 5 minute Nebulizer treatment w/Albuterol after determining I had wheezing and shortness of breath with my hacking cough....felt a difference after, though the cough returned later in the day.

Doc said I was having asthma-like symptoms due to allergies, despite flu-like symptoms and occasional phlegm in my coughing, and it's not uncommon for this to happen in adults who never had them when younger. I was prescribed some meds for a week and an inhaler to use as needed and will follow-up with my regular doc in a month.

Another issue involved learning I owed money on my 2013 taxes that I didn't know about, related to cashing in my IRA after moving to Texas...I'll be making small monthly payments for a while.

A lot has been going on with WAN since then culminating in great news yesterday...

The debut of a brand new website!

No need to rely just on Facebook and Twitter to spread the word and share the creativity of Houstonians, Texans and poets and spoken word performers across the nation who perform on this new stage.

The main page invites the visitor to "come on in" and once you click the button more options become available to you.

Visitors first find themselves on an "About" page with a brief, important, descriptive introduction to what the intent of WAN is.

"We were founded under the belief that poetry, a stage and an audience should be accessible to all people. Our goal is to provide a large, interactive and attentive platform for poets from all over the nation to network with each other in a forum of free expression."

What this means in one of the most racially, culturally, politically diverse and dynamic cities and counties in America, one in a very conservative state I might add, will be interesting to see.

March 05, 2015

I'm officially old enough to take advantage of any Old Fart Discounts (OFD for short) of interest I may come across, hee, hee!

I hadn't planned on doing anything today, but something that happened at work yesterday changed that.

When I mentioned to 2 co-workers it was my birthday today & a day off and could they please do what they could to get the Lord to hold off on the rain for a day...

they gave me a $1 each, stuck them on my shirt with a paperclip and insisted on sharing the cost of a McD's lunch for me.

I wore this all day, a little embarrassed, as co-workers gave me dollars and customers wished me Happy Birthday...

Then a customer offered me a $1 and I would have turned it down if a co-worker hadn't told me to step away from register camera view to take it...

Anyway, I wore this clip, with $3, for 6 hours before a supervisor told me Asset Protection wanted me to remove it.

Took them long enough, hee, hee!

I walked around the store as I went to the break room during breaks, the store manager, an assistant manager, assorted front end supervisors saw me (2 front end supes even gave me $)...yet AP didn't have a concern for 6 hours?

I ended up with $23 and thankful for it as it allowed me to go out this evening for a celebratory dinner at Whataburger.

February 19, 2015

As the Mad Houstonian stands atop a hill, gazing at Brays Bayou flowing by not so far below, he realizes that his first 2 years and 3 months in Houston are done and, with a new apartment and new year to look forward to, he can focus on doing what he can to move forward in new creative, even profitable, ways.

Thanking God for bringing him this far he prays for improved health, financial stability, creative inspiration and ways to put his skills on the job and as a writer to use for his benefit.

When I looked at the above photo, afterwards, I was startled by what I saw in the blue sky in the upper right corner...a slightly different angle to how I framed the shot and I would never have seen how the jet trails intersected to form a cross in the sky (an impressive sight that I now wish I'd taken a wider photo of to better show it.).

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